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ARTICLES WRITTEN BY FIA COUNCIL MEMBERS

TITLE	DATE	DOWNLOAD
2008
NEW CABLED OPTICAL FIBRE CATEGORIES - PART II for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	April	Click on the icon
NEW CABLED OPTICAL FIBRE CATEGORIES - PART II for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	March	Click on the icon
CLASS EA AND FA CABLING IS APPROVED – BUT IS IT A FALSE DAWN? for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	February	Click on the icon
2007 - A YEAR OF CLOSURE OR THE BEGINNING OF A SEA CHANGE? for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	January	Click on the icon
2007
CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS – A BIG “CON” OR JUST MISUNDERSTOOD? for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	December	Click on the icon
FIBRE-TO-THE-HOME – SACRIFICED IN THE NAME OF COMPETITION? for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	November	Click on the icon
TIA-B: THE FIA AND ECA-ITEC JOIN FORCES - AND WHO’S NEXT? for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	October	Click on the icon
QUALITY ASSURANCE vs INSTALLERS QUALIFICATIONS for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	September	Click on the icon
TIA-B AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	August	Click on the icon
LOVE ME TENDER, ..., ALL MY DREAMS FULFILL for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	June	Click on the icon
CATS and MICE for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	May	Click on the icon
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE STANDARDS PROCESS for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	April	Click on the icon
DATA CENTRES - THE OPTICAL OPTION for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	March	Click on the icon
MARGINAL TEST RESULTS - SMOKE AND MIRRORS CLOUDS THE ISSUE for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	February	Click on the icon
FIRE PERFORMANCE - A BURNING ISSUE! for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	January	Click on the icon
2006
THE YEAR AHEAD for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	November	Click on the icon
AT LAST! - INTEGRATED CABLING STANDARDS – THE END OF SUPPLIER WARRANTIES? for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	November	Click on the icon
THE LATEST DIRECTIVE - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	October	Click on the icon
STANDARDS - JUST LIKE BUSES! GET IN THE QUEUE for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	September	Click on the icon
CORDS, DAMNED CORDS AND STATISTICS for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	August	Click on the icon
THE AMAZING SHRINKING WORLD OF 10GBASE-T for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	June	Click on the icon
THE SEARCH FOR SELF-KNOWLEDGE – UNIVERSAL CABLING DATASETS for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	May	Click on the icon
WHY USE AN “APPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLER” for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	April	Click on the icon
THE FIA - QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION for Network Cabling News by Paul Bateson, Chairman	March	Click on the icon
MANAGING THE SUB-CONTRACTING SUPPLY CHAIN FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES - THE SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC BULLET for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	March	Click on the icon
USING STANDARDS AS A SHIELD RATHER THAN A WEAPON for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	February	Click on the icon
THE CHANGING FACE OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTANCY - AND TAKING STEPS TO COMBAT IT for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	January	Click on the icon
2005
TESTING TIMES AHEAD for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	December	Click on the icon
10GBASE-T - optical fibre fights back for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	November	Click on the icon
THE FIA QUALIFICATION SCHEME	October	Click on the icon
DARK FIBRES HAVE DARK SECRETS for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	October	Click on the icon
MARKET REVIEW - SEPTEMBER 2005 for Networking+ by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	June	Click on the icon
2004
DESKTOP TO DATA CENTRE -THE REAL BATTLELINES FOR COPPER AND OPTICAL FIBRE by Mike Phillips Chairman of the FIA Council	November	Click on the icon
INNOVATION INTO SUCCESS MAGAZINE	October	Click on the icon
BS 6701:2004 GOES OFF TO THE PRINTERS by Mike Gilmore, Technical Director	June	Click on the icon
RAIL TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE (introducing the TSD-2000-4-1-1 on specification of splice loss)	May	Click on the icon